Chicago Fire Department

Authorities in Chicago are investigating the deaths of four people whose decomposing bodies were found inside a home on the city's South Side. Chicago Police spokeswoman Ana Pacheco tells The Associated Press that the investigation is continuing Sunday morning after the bodies were found at 8:25 p.m. Saturday in the 8300 block of South Drexel. The Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/1CJFRoz ) reports that police say the bodies were those of a woman and three children. The Tribune reports that the home's kitchen was charred from a fire. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says investigators aren't sure when the fire occurred and it was never reported. The Cook...

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